Buried Under Books

REVIEW: ‘Bambi’ by Felix Salten on Audrey

I’m delighted to be the first stop on the blog tour today for ‘Bambi’ on Audrey. Yes, ‘Bambi’, written by Felix Salten, newly translated and introduced by Jack Zipes to celebrate 100 years since the original publication, and read by John Chancer. You may be familiar with the Disney film, but Salten’s original novel was […]

REVIEW: ‘her’ by Harriet Lane

You don’t remember her but she remembers you. Intriguing, yes? According to the Daily Telegraph, this is ‘[an] exquisitely sinister psychological thriller’, but, for me, it barely felt like a thriller. Short version: one woman deliberately insinuates herself into another woman’s life in what feels like preparation for some kind of revenge and just as […]

REVIEW: ‘Roglins’ by Anna Spencer

‘Not long ago by old green trees, The spring brought sun and bumble bees.’ This collection of simple, rhyming poems about Roglins – fictional creatures who live in the woods – is supported by clear, black and white pictures that show the creatures at play and at rest. There’s a sense of progression as you […]

REVIEW: ‘Intervention’ by Harrison Murphy

‘We were destroying the planet all along, weren’t we?’ The potential destruction of Earth as a result of climate change is a key theme of this interesting novel, delivered rather bluntly through characters like Madge and the Narrator, but also through reference to earlier historical events. However, the real philosophical crux of the novel is […]

REVIEW: ‘Strong Female Character’ by Fern Brady

‘People saw me differently in comedy; I found they misinterpreted my shyness as coldness and my almost constant overwhelming anxiety as anger.’ Fern Brady, comedian and Taskmaster alumni, struggled with her mental health for years before accepting that she was autistic and might need people around her – including herself – to make certain adjustments […]

REVIEW: ‘Cut Short’ by BD Spargo

I loved this book and look forward to Doyle’s next case. Oh, you want more information than that? Ok. If you like police procedurals, you should definitely read this. More information than that? Well, if you insist… What’s it about? When a woman’s broken body is found at the bottom of a cliff, it’s up […]

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